🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Tyritake — North Quay Submerged Harbour (Kerch Bay Tyritake North)
Archaic to Late Antique (570 BCE – 370 CE) · Milesian / Bosporan
North wine quay of Tyritake on Kerch Bay — 60 m quay at –1.5 m and vat terrace.
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🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kushite Period (900 BCE–350 CE) · Kushite (Napatan–Meroitic)
Sedeinga Pyramid 215 West Facade in Northern, Sedeinga, Sudan is a Kushite Period (900 BCE–350 CE) pyramid attributed to Kushite (Napatan–Meroitic).
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (570 BCE – 370 CE) · Milesian / Bosporan
North wine quay of Tyritake on Kerch Bay — 60 m quay at –1.5 m and vat terrace.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Geometric to Roman (c. 800 BCE – 400 CE) · Phocian / Delphi Amphictyony / Roman
Delphi's pilgrim harbour drowned 0.5–1 m off Galaxidi – rubble mole and silted basin beneath plain.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
Huaca del Sol Terrace IV in La Libertad, Moche, Peru is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient village
Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze I–II (5000–2800 BCE) · Dalma → Pisdeli → Kura-Araxes (Transcaucasian)
Araxes floodplain tell with Dalma–Kura-Araxes sequence linking Urmia to Transcaucasia.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Mazghuna South Pyramid Substructure Pit in Giza, Mazghuna, Egypt is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) pyramid attributed to Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Nabta Playa Stone Complex Alignment 7 in New Valley, Nabta Playa, Egypt is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Sabaean (900–500 BCE) · Sabaean
Sabaean retainer dam (9.5 m high, 220 m crest) on Wadi Khanas tributary 18 km northeast of Marib Dam (1,120 m), with 2.8 km rock-cut feeder canal to Marib north sluice extension.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pueblo II–III (1000–1280 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi)
Sand Canyon Pueblo in Colorado, Montezuma County, Canyons of Ancients, United States is a Pueblo II–III (1000–1280 CE) settlement attributed to Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Tell Chuera Buried Palace F Courtyard in Al-Hasakah, Tell Chuera, Syria is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Archaeological wonder
Middle Pleistocene (260–154 ka; idaltu bearing 160 ka) · Homo sapiens idaltu (early sapiens subspecies)
Formation yielding 160 ka Homo sapiens idaltu crania BOU-VP-16 with deliberate defleshing cutmarks and Acheulean→MSA transition.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Rock art
Late Pleistocene (43.9 ka) · Early modern humans of Wallacea (pre-Austronesian)
Sulawesi 43.9 ka therianthrope pig hunt — oldest figurative art globally.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Iron Age Sa Huỳnh 1000 BCE–200 CE → Oc Eo 200–600 CE → Cham 200–1400 CE · Sa Huỳnh (South Central Vietnam Iron Age, Kalanay related)
Sa Huỳnh jar-burial coastal culture (1000 BCE–200 CE) at Sa Huỳnh dune plain — 80 cm burial jars with lingling-o earrings and glass bead sea trade.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Hawara Pyramid Labyrinth South Wing in Fayoum, Hawara, Egypt is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) pyramid attributed to Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom).
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Early Neolithic Starčevo–Dudeşti (6000–5000 BCE) · Early Neolithic Starčevo–Dudeşti (6000–5000 BCE)
Măgura Tell (Buduiasca) in Teleorman County, Măgura-Buduiasca, Romania is a Early Neolithic Starčevo–Dudeşti (6000–5000 BCE) settlement attributed to Early Neolithic Starčevo–Dudeşti (6000–5000 BCE)…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Middle Bronze to Hellenistic (Karum → Neo-Hittite/Tabal, Iron Age, Hellenistic) · Hittite/Luwian → Tabal → Neo-Hittite (Luwian-Phrygian contact)
Neo-Hittite/Iron Age tell (ancient Tynna) on Cilician Gates — Hittite citadel, Luwian inscriptions and Tabal fortifications.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
Tikal Temple IV Summit Shrine in Petén, Tikal, Guatemala is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3500–2600 BCE) · Late Neolithic
Waylands Smithy II Cairn in Oxfordshire, Ashbury, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3500–2600 BCE) megalithic attributed to Late Neolithic.
🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut
Northern Wei (Northern Dynasties) · Tuoba Xianbei-Han Buddhist imperial
Yungang western annex 5 caves with Cave 12 music pavilion and 10k-buddha niches, 453–494 Northern Wei Tanyao.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Early Iron Age (Sarmatian / Sauromatian) · Sarmatian (Sauromatian)
Twin royal Sarmatian kurgans (85 m asl, 51°11′48″N 52°10′37″E per 51.196575N 52.176884E) on the Ural-Mugodzhar steppe east of Ural River.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Tell Atchana Palace IV Buried Archive Room in Hatay, Tell Atchana, Turkey is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Cave
The Con Moong cave (Vietnamese: Hang Con Moong, "beast" cave) is located in the Cúc Phương National Park, just south of Mọ village, in the Thanh Hóa Province, northern Vietnam.
🇫🇷 France · Rock-cut
Chalcolithic (3000-2300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II in Provence, Vaucluse, France is a Chalcolithic (3000-2300 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Chalcolithic.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Ifè Opa Oranmiyan Stele Base in Osun, Ife, Nigeria is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
